Editor's Note: During Sunshine Week, March 11-17, we will be releasing several updated payroll databases. Be sure to check back periodically for new information.

Springfield spent around $286 million on city employees last year, with police, finance officials and Springfield's superintendent earning the most of the more than 6,000 people the city paid, according to a city payroll database.

Springfield Superintendent Alan J. Ingram, who is resigning from his post in June, earned the most of any city employee, $214,926.48, and also has the highest annual rate, $203,572.46, according to a database MassLive.com obtained from the city through a public records request.

Ingram, who received a controversial $30,000 bonus when he was hired in 2008, was approved for a $5,740 raise early this year.

Chief Administrative and Finance Officer Lee C. Erdmann earned the second largest amount last year, $162,954.47, and the third largest amount went to Police Commissioner William J. Fitchet, $162,451.62.

If you want to search the city payroll database, which is current as of March 2, you may do so below. The previous and current year earnings are net earnings, or wages minus furlough dollars, a city official wrote in an email.

To determine who earned the most money last year, hit search, then "previous year earnings" and "previous year earnings" again to filter the highest numbers to the top.

We would also like to hear what other local communities' payrolls you would like to see here.

Correction: A previous version of this post said: "Springfield spent $286,905,043 on city employees last year, with police, finance officials and Springfield's superintendent earning the most of the 6,427 people the city paid, according to a city payroll database."

The number of paid employees was changed to more than 6,000 and the total spent was changed to around $286 million due to repeated names in the data. The database has since been updated to correct that issue.